03/17/23 10:00AM - The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI)for the U.S. fell by 0.3 percent in February 2023 to 110.0 (2016=100), after also declining by 0.3 percent in January. The LEI is down 3.6 percent over the six-month period between August 2022 and February 2023—a steeper rate of decline than its 3.0 percent contraction over the previous six …more…

03/17/23 10:00AM - Consumer sentiment fell for the first time in four months, sitting about 5% below February but remaining 7% above a year ago. This month’s decrease was already fully realized prior to the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, at which time about 85% of our interviews for this preliminary release had been completed. Sentiment declines were …more…

03/17/23 09:15AM - Industrial production was unchanged in February, and manufacturing output edged up 0.1 percent. The index for mining fell 0.6 percent, while the index for utilities rose 0.5 percent. At 102.6 percent of its 2017 average, total industrial production in February was 0.2 percent below its year-earlier level. Capacity utilization was unchanged …more…

03/16/23 08:30AM - Prices for U.S. imports edged down 0.1 percent in February, after declining 0.4 percent in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Lower fuel prices in February more than offset higher nonfuel prices. U.S. export prices increased 0.2 percent in February following a 0.5-percent advance the …more…

03/16/23 08:30AM - Building Permits
Privately‐owned housing units authorized by building permits in February were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,524,000. This is 13.8 percent above the revised January rate of 1,339,000, but is 17.9 percent below the February 2022 rate of 1,857,000. Single‐family authorizations in February were at a rate of 777,000; …more…

03/16/23 08:30AM - Manufacturing activity in the region continued to decline overall, according to the firms responding to March's Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey. The survey's broad indicators for current activity were all negative. On balance, the firms also reported a decline in employment. Most future indicators weakened, suggesting that the firms …more…

03/16/23 08:30AM - In the week ending March 11, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 192,000, a decrease of 20,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 211,000 to 212,000. The 4-week moving average was 196,500, a decrease of 750 from the previous week's revised average. The …more…

03/15/23 04:00PM - The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for January 2023. The sum total in January of all net foreign acquisitions of long-term securities, short-term U.S. securities, and banking flows was a net TIC inflow of $183.1 billion. Of this, net foreign private inflows were $171.2 billion, and …more…

03/15/23 10:00AM - The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments for January, adjusted for seasonal and trading day differences but not for price changes, was estimated at $1,847.5 billion, up 1.5 percent (±0.3 percent) from December 2022 and was up 5.0 percent (±0.4 percent) from …more…

03/15/23 10:00AM - The Conference Board−Lightcast Help Wanted OnLine® (HWOL) Index rose in February to 167.9 (July 2018=100), up from 165.1 in January. The 1.7 percent increase between January and February follows a 3.6 percent decrease between December and January. Overall, the Index is down 5.1 percent from one …more…